Google Abuses Our Trust by Rigging Results

Google rigging results? Can it be true?

Google Rigging Results? Although the first time I had suspicions that Google is rigging results was way back in 2007 (another story that I’ll save for another time), I was still shocked when I read today of the revelations about the accusations being leveled at Google at the Senate Antitrust Hearing. There has been precious [...]

Taking Stock of the Panda Update

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The Mists Roll Away and All is Revealed! I’ll admit that I planned to write this post some time ago, but I’ve been over-committed time-wise, to put it mildly. As it turns out though, it’s a good thing I gave the dust time to settle. Now is actually a very good point at which to [...]

What you Need to Know about Google’s Farmer Update

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Google’s Latest Algo Update Held Some Surprises! Google isn’t rolling out as many dramatic updates as they did several years back: but my, when they do a big one nowadays is there major fallout! First of all, a quick note on the name of the update:  we already know that the name Farmer Update is [...]

Google: Our choice for search right or wrong?

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A few days ago, some were shocked when news of Google’s own admission that they pick and choose over search results started breaking on the Internet. Personally, I think the implications that Google picks and chooses what comes up in a search quite shocking, particularly when those choices distort what ordinary people perceive to be [...]

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